Why do skin lesions have to be excised?
A common reason why skin lesions are excised, is to fully remove skin cancers such as basal cell carcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma or melanoma. If the cancer is not cut out it may spread to the surrounding skin and to other parts of the body (metastasise). Other reasons that skin lesions are excised include cosmetic appearance, to remove an inflamed cyst, or recurrent infection.
